See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Sam Zygmuntowicz, 50, the subject of John Marchese's book, "The Violin ...

Malaysian luthier Tan Chin Sang checks the maple for a violin back plate at his workshop in the outskirt of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Thursday, July 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian) (ASSOCIATED PRESS) ...

Wesley Rule is the entrepreneur behind Knoxville Fine Violins, a violin sales, rental and repair shop in downtown Knoxville, Tennessee. He owns the shop along with his wife, Lauren Rule. Rule grew up ...

The little-known story of Israeli Amnon Weinstein, a musical craftsman who gathered and restored violins that survived the Holocaust, is coming to the West Coast. “The Violin Maker” will have its ...

Workers step up production to fill violin orders in Queshan county, Henan province, on June 25. XIA QINGHUA / CHINA NEWS SERVICE By WANG ZHUOQIONG When Gao Yanding decided to make his own violin, he ...

A master craftsman supposedly pours their soul into their work. In this book review of The Violin Maker’s Secret, we explore an instrument that possesses a soul and a memory entirely its own. Evie ...

Originally from Poland, the North Bennet Street School department head of violin making and repair is an expert in the instrument’s craft and history As department head of violin making and repair at ...

For 500 years, violin-makers have crafted their instruments by hand. But for the past three years, three Minnesotans have been crafting them with the help of a CT scanner and computer-aided machine.

Long before any bow caresses its strings, a handcrafted violin must be delicately cut and reshaped to the finest of measurements. German violin maker teaches his son and apprentice from a truck in ...